DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,117

MANITOWOC CRANES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF THE MANITOWOC COMPANY, INC.
MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 25, 2009 by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) on behalf of workers
of Manitowoc Cranes, a subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company,
Inc., Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of lattice-boom cranes.
The investigation revealed that workers of Manitowoc Cranes
who are engaged in employment related to lattice-boom cranes
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have become separated during the relevant
time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of lattice-boom cranes by Manitowoc Cranes have
decreased absolutely during the relevant time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
United States imports of articles like or directly competitive
with lattice-boom cranes by Manitowoc Cranes have increased
during the relevant time period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of articles contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Manitowoc Cranes.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Manitowoc Cranes, a
subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of lattice-boom cranes meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Manitowoc Cranes, a subsidiary of The
Manitowoc Company, Inc., Manitowoc, Wisconsin, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 24, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 13th day of April, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance